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Republicans tear into Bidens Press Secretary Jen Psaki and demand she apologize for mocking Space Force during briefing where she told reporters to stop putting words in my mouth Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers and Florida Rep. Mike Waltz hit out at Psaki Tuesday for what they described as a disgraceful quip about the military branch  Psaki joked in Tuesdays press conference that it was the plane of today Rogers, the top GOP member of the House Armed Services Committee, blasted her comments as concer...

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Weapons at Chinese military bases are capable of smashing satellites, shooting laser beams that could blind delicate sensors on satellites.

How space became the stage for the next big 'power grab' between US and China

How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and China The Biden administration faces not only waves of Chinese antisatellite weapons but a history of jumbled responses to the intensifying threat. The Space Force created during the Trump administration seeks new weapons to ensure its superiority in “a war-fighting domain.”Credit...Samuel Corum for The New York Times Beijing’s rush for antisatellite arms began 15 years ago. Now, it can threaten the orbital ...

How space became the next ‘great power’ contest between the US and China By William J. Broad New York Times,Updated January 25, 2021, 1:03 a.m. Email to a Friend Audience members took photos of a screen showing a video about Chinas Change-5 moon probe at an event announcing details of international access to lunar samples collected by the probe, in Beijing on January 18, 2021.GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images Beijing’s rush for anti-satellite arms began 15 years ago. Now, it can th...

Share This: An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a developmental test at 12:33 a.m. Pacific Time Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Wear) “I said maybe we need a new force, we’ll call it the Space Force, and I was, not really serious,  and then I said, ‘What a great idea, maybe we’ll have to do that.” – excerpt from a speech by President Donald Trump, March 2018 Stop me...

Government Executive email Space Force Troops Get a Name: ‘Guardians’ VP Pence revealed the moniker for Trump’s oft-teased newest military service branch to stand alongside soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines. Two days before the U.S. Space Force’s first birthday, its troops received their collective name: Guardians. The new name for military’s space professionals, announced on Friday by Vice President Mike Pence, may appear to be a play on the Marvel superhero fil...

Space Force expected to live on past Trump era Rebecca Kheel © Getty Images Space Force expected to live on past Trump era President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to reverse or review many of President Trumps changes at the Pentagon, but one of Trumps signature achievements is expected to live on: the Space Force. The service has been a punchline for late-night comedians since Trump first began talking about it and even inspired a Netflix satire. Some progressive groups have ca...

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